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Song

Comme il faut · Héctor Varela · 1966

Héctor Varelainstrumentaltango
Music by Eduardo Arolas, lyrics by Gabriel Clausi. 13 recordings in our catalogue, 1936–2019.

Who recorded it

Every version13

Earliest we hold: Juan D'Arienzo, 1936

  1. Juan D'Arienzo1936
  2. Carlos Di Sarli194719511955
  3. Aníbal Troilo1938
  4. Alfredo De Angelis1980
  5. Héctor Varela1966
  6. Tango Bardo2017

Pinned at 1966 · Nuevo 1955–1984 · Héctor Varela recordings indexed 1950–1975

Comme il faut · Héctor Varela · 1966 is a tango.† Comme il faut · Héctor Varela · 1966 lasts 02:39.†

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

11 orchestras recorded it

133 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Eduardo Arolas
Words
Gabriel Clausi
Written
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First played
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Lyrics

These are the song’s words. This take is instrumental.

Español

Luna, farol y canción, dulce emoción del ayer fue en París, donde viví tu amor. Tango, Champagne, corazón, noche de amor que no está, en mi sueño vivirá... Es como debe ser, con ilusión viví las alegrías y las tristezas; en esa noche fue que yo sentí por vos una esperanza en mi corazón. Es como debe ser en la pasión de ley, tus ojos negros y tu belleza. Siempre serás mi amor en bello amanecer para mi vida, dulce ilusión. En este tango te cuento mi tristeza, dolor y llanto que dejo en esta pieza. Quiero que oigas mi canción hecha de luna y de farol y que tu amor, mujer, vuelva hacia mí.

English · machine translation

Moon, lantern and song, sweet emotion of yesterday it was in Paris where I lived your love. Tango, Champagne, heart, night of love that is not here, in my dream will live... It is as it should be, I lived with illusion the joys and the sorrows; on that night I felt for you a hope in my heart. It is as it should be in the passion of law, your black eyes and your beauty. You will always be my love in beautiful sunrise for my life, sweet illusion. In this tango I tell you my sadness, pain and tears that I leave in this piece. I want you to hear my song made of moon and lantern and that your love, woman return to me.

Every version

Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone

The catalogue holds 13 recordings of this song by 11 orchestras, 1936 to 2019.
1930’40’50’60’70’80’90’00’10
Recordings of Comme il faut · Héctor Varela · 1966 by year, taller the more they are danced · 13 of 13 recordings carry a year · read Nov 2, 2026

13 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 13 more we know of

a version people dance tono Dances matched yet: something to listen to

The leader is Carlos Di Sarli, with 64% of the 133 filmed dances matched to a version of this song.

9 more dances name this song but not which version, so no share counts them. “No match yet” means no filmed dance is tied to that version so far, not that nobody dances it. Dances whose music we have not identified are left out.

Choose A and B on two recordings to hear them one after the other.

  2. Aníbal TroiloComme il fautAníbal TroiloinstrumentaltangoOdeon
    22 dances · 17%
    1938
  3. Juan D'ArienzoEarliest we holdComme il fautJuan D'ArienzoinstrumentaltangoRCA Victor
    11 dances · 8%
    1936
  4. Orquesta Forever TangoComme il fautOrquesta Forever Tangotango
    7 dances · 5%
    1998
  5. Tango BardoComme il fautTango Bardotango
    7 dances · 5%
    2017
  6. Héctor VarelaComme il fautHéctor Varelainstrumentaltango
    1 dance · <1%
    1966
  7. Los Astros del TangoComme il fautLos Astros del TangotangoMusic Hall
    No match yet
    1958
  8. Los Señores del TangoComme il fautLos Señores del TangoinstrumentaltangoColumbia
    No match yet
    1962
  9. Alfredo De AngelisComme il fautAlfredo De AngelistangoMicrofon
    No match yet
    1980
  10. Orquesta Típica Fernández FierroComme il fautOrquesta Típica Fernández Fierrotango
    No match yet
    2001
  11. Matilde VitulloComme il fautMatilde Vitullotango
    No match yet
    2019
  12. Quintin VerdúNot in our catalogue1948
  13. Carlos DemariaNot in our catalogueAug 141951
  14. Carlos García, Roberto GrelaNot in our catalogueOct 191965
  15. Horacio Salgán, Ubaldo Aquiles De LioNot in our catalogueJan 191996
  16. Quinteto ÁngelNot in our catalogueJul 102012
  17. Hugo DíazNot in our catalogue
  18. Horacio SalgánNot in our catalogue
  19. Horacio Salgán, Ubaldo Aquiles De LioNot in our catalogue
  20. Juan Sánchez GorioNot in our catalogue

One recording

A dated take, with its sound and the couples dancing it.

Héctor Varela

Comme il fautHéctor Varelainstrumentaltango

Couples filmed dancing this recording · 1 Performance

Szymon Nowak2014 · 3:44

Recorded the same day

What else Héctor Varela recorded on Sep 30, 1966.

  1. El pollo RicardoHéctor Varelainstrumentaltango

Danced to it

Music from 1966 · danced on film 2014

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What we don't know yet4 of 5 known

The record label.

Data: recordings, facts and sources

In other catalogues6

tango.info · 00724383785926-1-13

tango.info · 00724352913121-1-10

tango.info · 02480002031055-1-2

tango.info · 02480002044123-1-7

tango.info · 00094637195826-1-13

tango.info · 00724347840029-1-20

Is a1

Is a tango

Duration1

Duration 02:39

Vocal1

Vocal instrumental

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  1. Comme il fautJuan D'Arienzo

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